Carbs

[Jalal Rajabali]

How many calories does one gram of Carbohydrate has?

Is it true that one gram of fat/protein has 9 calories?

e-mail: ja...@mips.com

Thanks,
Jalal

[Jan B Larsen]

1 gram fat = 9 kcal
1 gram protein = 4 kcal
1 gram carbohydrate = 4 kcal

- Jan

[grs0...@stat.appstate.edu]

1 gram carb=4 calories
1 gram protein=4 calories
1 gram fat=9 calories
1 gram MCT=8.3 calories

-Brett

[Colette Marine]

In <1992Apr13....@stat.appstate.edu> grs0...@stat.appstate.edu writes:

>1 gram carb=4 calories
>1 gram protein=4 calories
>1 gram fat=9 calories

Just a note here. The American Dietetic Society has said that recent
studies have upped this number to between 10 and 11 calories, and that
you should probably start counting a gram of fat as 10 calories, not 9.
My source: national network news (can't remember which network) a couple
weeks ago.

>1 gram MCT=8.3 calories

>-Brett

colette
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[jpe...@ac.dal.ca]

In article <kujrpc...@spim.mips.com>, ja...@ralph.mips.com (Jalal Rajabali) writes:
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> How many calories does one gram of Carbohydrate has?
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> Is it true that one gram of fat/protein has 9 calories?
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According to the Atwater factor, Carbohydrates have 4 kcal per gram,
Fats have 9 kcal per gram and protein has 4 kcal per gram (not 9 as you said)


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